Maile Weston had a two-run triple and Reilly Velez had two singles. Kyley Shields, Francois and Simard ran well on the base paths.

For Relyco, Kayla Miles struck out six batters in four innings. Shortstop Madison Sanders and first baseman Lindsey Favales played well defensively. Emily Fortin and Jill Broom ran well on the base paths.

PARIS (AP) — Maybe this is progress for Andy Roddick on clay: He lost serve seven times Thursday and still won.

On a rainy, chilly day at Roland Garros, Roddick endured two delays and difficult conditions to defeat Blaz Kavcic 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

The damp weather took some zip off Roddick's biggest weapon, and for much of the match he was dueling from the baseline on his worst surface. But Roddick has become a more patient player in recent months, and he willingly settled into rallies that often lasted more than two dozen shots.

"It was brutal for me out there," he said. "I couldn't get my serve to go anywhere, and the ball was just sitting up. It kind of takes away a lot of shots and it makes it just about hitting the ball and running."

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Newman has continued his mastery of qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway, capturing his ninth pole at the track for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600.

Newman's bold decision to run his lap at the top of the slick track on Thursday night paid off when he was clocked at 187.546 mph.

He'll start on the pole for the second straight year in NASCAR's longest race. No active driver has more poles at Charlotte than Newman, who moved within five of David Pearson's track record.

Newman, though, is still looking for his first Sprint Cup victory at the track.

Kurt Busch, who won last weekend's All-Star race at CMS, qualified second at 187.292 mph.

Martin Truex Jr. will start third, followed by Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson.

NEW YORK (AP) — The late Pat Tillman and Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard are among the 14 newly elected members of the College Football Hall of Fame.

The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced its latest class Thursday at a news conference at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

Tillman played linebacker for Arizona State from 1994-97 and gave up an NFL career to enlist in the Army in 2002. He was killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2004.

Howard was a wide receiver for Michigan and won the Heisman 1991.

The newly elected Hall of Fame coaches are Barry Alvarez and Gene Stallings, who coached Alabama to a national championship in 1992.

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